Nonstop flight route between Long Beach, California, United States and Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Long Beach Airport (JLB), Long Beach, California, United States and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,828 miles (or 9,379 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Long Beach Airport and Gran Canaria Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Long Beach Airport and Gran Canaria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JLB / |
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Location: | Long Beach, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°49'4"N by 118°9'6"W |
Area Served: | Los Angeles and Orange counties |
Operator/Owner: | City of Long Beach |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from JLB |
More Information: | JLB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPA / GCLP |
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Location: | Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°55'54"N by 15°23'12"W |
Area Served: | Gran Canaria |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 78 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPA |
More Information: | LPA Maps & Info |
Facts about Long Beach Airport (JLB):
- Long Beach Airport (JLB) has 5 runways.
- During the 1940s and 1950s, the only airline non-stops from Long Beach Airport were to Los Angeles, San Diego, and sometimes Catalina Island.
- Long Beach Transit Routes 111, 104, 102, and 176 serve the airport.
- Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Long Beach Airport has one terminal in Streamline Moderne style that is a historical landmark and was renovated in early 2013.
- This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,413,251 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,401,903 in 2009 and 1,451,404 in 2010.
- The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JLB.
- Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".
- With the site acquired, in 1941, construction funds soon followed and NAS Los Alamitos began to take shape.
- The furthest airport from Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Between 1990 and 1992, Continental, Delta, TWA, and USAir ended service to the airport, as did American Airlines in early 2006.
Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):
- The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
- On 18 February 1988, Binter Canarias announced that the airline's main base was to be established at Gran Canaria.
- The deployment base of Gando Air Base is the Lanzarote Military Airfield.
- The furthest airport from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Gran Canaria Airport (meaning Gran Canaria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- Because of Gran Canaria Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Gran Canaria Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
- In 2011 it handled over 10.5 million passengers, an 11.1% increase compared to 2010, and 23,7 million tonnes of cargo.
- In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
- The airport can be reached by several island roads from all points in the island.
- Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.